Professor Gerry Czerniawski

Professor of Education and Research Degrees Leader

Practitioner Research Group, Cass School of Education and Communities

Gerry runs the doctoral programmes (PhD and Professional Doctorate in Education) at Cass and teaches on Initial Teacher Education (ITE) courses. In addition to his role as a researcher, author
and teacher educator he is the Chair of the British Curriculum Forum, Lead Editor of the BERA Blog and a trustee and council member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA).

Gerry was awarded his degree at the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) before completing both his PGCE and Master's degrees at London University's (UCL) Institute of Education and his PhD at King's College London. His research interests include teaching and learning, student voice, teacher and teacher educator identity, CPD and prison education.

Gerry passionately worked in the multi-cultural environment in the London Borough of Newham for ten years teaching humanities, sociology and business studies at secondary and post-sixteen levels before gradually moving into teaching within Higher Education within both the political sciences and education (The Open University, University of Northampton, London Metropolitan University and London University's Institute of Education).

Gerry runs the doctoral programmes (PhD and Professional Doctorate in Education) at Cass. He is the founding editor of Research in Teacher Education, Deputy Editor of the journal Management in Education and on the advisory board of the Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies. He reviews for a wide range of educational journals (including the European Journal of Teacher Education and the Journal of Education Policy) and for book publishers including SAGE, Routledge and Emerald. Gerry holds a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy and is a trustee and council member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA). Gerry is the Lead Editor of The BERA Blog, Chair of the British Curriculum Forum and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Gerry Czerniawski is the editor of the bi-annual periodical,Research in Teacher Education, from the Cass School of Education and Communities. This publication offers a forum for informed debate and discussion on all aspects of teacher education. The publication showcases articles and book reviews from members of staff and the wider teacher education community within and beyond the UK. While nurturing and publicising the creative talent within teacher educators the periodical seeks to stimulate, provoke and extend discussion and debate with all other professionals involved in the professional development of teachers. ‌

Gerry teaches on Initial Teacher Education (ITE) courses and runs the Doctoral programmes (PhD and Professional Doctorate in Education) at Cass. In addition to his role as a researcher, author and teacher educator he is:

Murray J., Czerniawski G., Barber P. 2011. Teacher Educators' identities and work in England at the beginning of the second decate of the twenty-first century. In: Journal of Education for Teaching. 37 (3) 261-277

Czerniawski G. 2009. Positining the values of early career teachers in Norway, Germany and England. In: European Journal of Education. 44 (3) 331-342

Czerniawski G. 2015. A longitudinal study of the professional development of teachers - the challenges of comparison. In: Fritzsche B., Huf C. (Eds): The benefits, problems and issues of comparative and cross-sectional research - ethnographic perspectives. London: EE/Tufnell Press.

Murray J., Czerniawski G., Barber P. 2013. Teacher educactors identity and work in England at the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century. In: J Murray and C Kosnic (Eds) Academic Work and Identities in Teacher Education. London Routledge

RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS
Czerniawski G. (2015). Prison teachers matter: a study of the roles, identities and knowledge bases of teachers working in English prisons. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) annual conference (Belfast) September 15th 2015. Queen's University Belfast.

Czerniawski G (2012) Nice work if you can get it! a longitudinal study of teacher professional development in Norway, Germany and England, symposium paper presented at DGfE Osnabruck, Germany 12. – 14. März 2012

Murray J., Barber P., Czerniawski G (2010) The importance of experience in teacher education: exploring change in teacher educators' identities over time. Paper presented at The European Educational Research Association, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Czerniawski G (2009) Leaving the Nest - an examination of newly qualified teachers in Norway, Germany and England - Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, University of Vienna, 28th – 30th September 2009

Czerniawski G; Swift A., Day T. (2015). Workplaced learning: A case study in the identities and professional learning of trainee Royal Literary Fund Consultative Fellows. London: Royal Literary Fund

ON-LINE CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Czerniawski G, Garlick S., Hullen H. (2010) Listening to Learners - Partnerships in Action -A case study from the London Borough of Havering, Paper presented at The European Educational Research Association, University of Helsinki, Finland. see here for a copy

Czerniawski G, Wright K & Herrington N (2010) One Year on - Embedding the Global Dimension into Secondary Initial Teacher Training through the use of Virtual Schools, Paper presented at the Local4Global Conference, Southbank University, July 2010 see here for a copy

Czerniawski G, Garlic S. (2009) Practices, tensions and ambiguities in the voices of learners: a case study from the London Borough of Havering - Paper Presented at Manchester University at the BERA Annual Conference September 2009 (Education-line) see here for a copy

Czerniawski G (2009) New Values - New Careers: an examination of the values of Newly Qualified Teachers in Norway, Germany and England in: A Jackson [ed] Innovations and Developments in Initial Teacher Education (Escalate) see here for a copy

Czerniawski G (2008) Emerging Teachers - Emerging Values - A study of newly qualified teachers in Norway, Germany and England - Paper Presented at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh at the BERA Annual Conference September 2008 (Education-line) see here for a copy.